CUPE education workers call on the Ford government to immediately increase school board funding: Survey of 12,000 CUPE education workers finds extreme underfunding and understaffing has caused widespread violence, burnout and lack of services in London-area school

School Boards

LONDON, ON – At a press conference this morning CUPE locals representing more than 5000 education workers in the London area called on the Ford government to immediately increase funding for school boards and remedy the crisis in understaffing, sky rocketing violence, and lack of student supports. A recent survey of Ontario education workers, including…

Ottawa shelter workers sound alarm in supermajority petition demanding better treatment and improved services from Carefor

Solidarity

OTTAWA – Days after the City of Ottawa announced $10.5 million in federal funding to help bring homeless individuals out of the cold, frontline shelter workers have delivered a powerful message to their employer. A supermajority of workers from seven shelters operated by Carefor signed a petition outlining the urgent crisis facing both staff and…